Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-05
GRAND ARMY ENoAmpmErr.
Bay of the Session-EIectfon
And Installation Of Omcers-One OF
The Pleasantest Gatherings Ever

Closing Day of the Standardization
And Installation OF Omcers-One OF
The Pleasantest Gatherings Ever
Held.
NORWICH, Feb. 4, 1887.
Especial to the JOURNAL AND CouR1Eal
The State department of the Grand Army
of the Republic reconvened this morning in
Steiner's hall at $50 O'Clock, Department.
Commander Crazy in the chair. The first
business in order was hearing the reports of
| committees appointed the day previous on
| the various reports of the department officers.
A resolution from Van Horn post of Mil
| ford, expressing their disapproval of the
action of Representative Andrews of Orange
| in presenting a resolution to the legislature
| asking for the repeal of the law which ex-
| empts property of veteran soldiers from taxa
| ton to the extent of one thousand dollars.
| was discussed at length and the resolution of
disapproval was adopted by the department
almost unanimously.
| After the disposition of some routine bust
ness the encampment at II o'clock took up
| the order of the day, which was the election
| of officers for the ensuing year. The officers
| elected were as follows: Department com
| mander, Henry E. Taintor, of Hartford:
| senior vice commander, Samuel B. Horne, of
Winsted; junior vice commander, William
| A. Pierpont of New Haven; medical director
Henry B. Geib, NJ. D., of Stamford;
chaplain, Rev. Edward Anderson, D. D., of
| Norwalk; delegate at-large to national en-
campment Morgan g. Buckley of Hartford;
delegates, J. M. Hubbard of Middletown, E.
| NJ. Graves of Hartford, Fl. N. Fenton of
Danbury, w. F. Rogers of Meriden, J. Al.
| Brewer of Norwich, ]. A. Bristol of An
sonia.
Alternates- at-large - T. N. Hammer of
Wethersfeld; alternates, Thomas Boudren
of Bridgeport, g. w. Coy of Milford, N. L.
Hope of Hartford, Frank NJ. Lovejoy of
New Haven, G. R. Hurlburt of Hartford, v.
R. Franklin of Danielsonville.
Council of administration George NJ. White
of New Haven, Fl. M. Durfey of Norwich, S.
o. Puffer of Meriden, R. A. Belden of Dan
! bury, A. G. Crandall of Willlimantic.
This practically completed the business of
the morning and at 1:30 p. m. an adjourn
ment was taken for dinner.
The encampment was called to order again
at o'clock and Immediately thereafter De-
partment Chaplain Anderson on behalf of
the staff of the retiring commander, Mr..
Crars in an appropriate speech presented the
latter with magnificent basket of flowers
which was received by Commander Crazy in
few words feelingly expressed.
The installation of officers by Chief Mus
tering Officer William B. Rudd, of Lakeville,
followed. The appointed officers announced
by Commander Taintor were: Assistant adj
jutant general, John II. Thrasher, of Hart
ford; assistant quartermaster general, Viii
liam E. Morgan, of New Haven. The other
appointed officers will be announced by the
department commander in general order to
| be issued hereafter.
After short addresses by the newly install
| led officers and resolutions of thanks to
sedgwick post, the Ladies' Relief corps,
| Sons of Veterans and citizens of Norwich
| for their generous entertainment during the
| session, the annual encampment was ad-
journed without date.
Most of the delegates left for their homes
on the trains going in different directions
about four O'Clock. The universal senti-
ment of the veterans was that it was one of
the pleasantest annual encampments they had
ever attended.